#56A565#56A565

#56A565 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.123 H 148.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A565
RGB	rgb(86, 165, 101)
HSL	hsl(131, 31%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(131, 48%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.9%, 0%, 38.8%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.50, -38.47, 25.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.50, 46.36, 146.08°)
OKLab	oklab(65.49% -0.1045 0.0644)
OKLCH	oklch(65.49% 0.123 148.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.6407, 29.8268, 17.0316)
Luminance	0.2983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A565 #A55696

analogous

#6FA556 #56A565 #56A58D

triadic

#56A565 #6556A5 #A56556

tetradic

#56A565 #566FA5 #A55696 #A58D56

square

#56A565 #566FA5 #A55696 #A58D56

split-complementary

#56A565 #8D56A5 #A5566F

monochromatic

#2C5534 #417D4C #56A565 #7DBB89 #A5D0AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#56A565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#56A565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #56A565

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A565	1.00	3.01	6.97	6.97
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69961

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9169

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48A295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 165, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.123 148.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc091',
    500: '#56a565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a565;
$custom-light: #8bc091;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 131.392,
    "s": 31.474,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65485,
    "c": 0.12275,
    "h": 148.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A565

secondary

#BE99B7

accent

#60B4C8

background

#F8FBF8

surface

#F0F7F0

border

#CBD0CB

text

#0C120D

muted

#7D817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A565

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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